use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $data =[ ... # Ref OP ]; my @extras = grep {$_->{status} eq 'Extra'} @$data; my @mains = grep {$_->{status} eq 'Main' } @$data; MAIN: foreach my $main (@mains) { EXTRA: foreach my $extra (@extras) { next EXTRA if $main->{ID} ne $extra->{ID}; @{$main}{qw/new_name new_ad1 new_city new_z_code/} = @{$extra}{qw/name Ad1 City zCode/}; print Dumper($main); next MAIN; } }